Table 2.
Knowledge and practice influence on adherence to waste disposal guidelines
| Factor | Adherence (n=263) (* %) | Bivariate analysis | ||||
| Full | Partial | None | χ2 | df | P value | |
| Know waste guideline | ||||||
| Yes | 43(21.2) | 152 (74.9) | 8(3.9) | 21.088 | 2 | <0.0001 |
| No | 0 | 57 (95.0) | 3(5.0) | |||
| Know all waste categories | ||||||
| Yes | 20(32.3) | 41 (66.1) | 1(1.6) | 15.654 | 2 | <0.0001 |
| No | 23(11.4) | 168 (83.6) | 10(5.0) | |||
| Prosecution | ||||||
| Yes | 39(20.2) | 146 (75.5) | 8(4.1) | 8.766 | 2 | 0.010 |
| No | 4(5.7) | 63 (90.0) | 3(4.3) | |||
| Separating then disposal | ||||||
| Yes | 41(17.6) | 186 (79.8) | 6(2.6) | 10.649 | 2 | 0.003 |
| No | 2(6.7) | 23 (76.7) | 5(16.7) | |||
| Means of transports | ||||||
| Wheel barrow | 42(29.4) | 101(70.6) | 0 | 53.335 | 6 | <0.0001 |
| Sack | 0 | 17(89.5) | 2(10.5) | |||
| By hand | 0 | 59(92.2) | 5 7.8) | |||
| Carton | 0 | 21(95.5) | 0 | |||
Abbreviations: n = total number of respondents, CI = confidence interval;
*
Column percentages, significant fisher exact test p value in bold